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1999s Echo served as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first official studio album since 1991s Into the Great Wide Open with the frontmans second solo endeavor Wildflowers (1994) and Songs and Music from Shes the One (1996) issued in the interim.
A self-described dark record rooted in the pangs of his recent divorce, Rick Rubin wonderfully balances the weight of the records themes with a revealing no-nonsense production which only adds to the intimacy of Pettys songwriting. Home to the trio of Top 20 singles Free Girl Now, Swingin’ and Room at the Top, Echo would also be the last album to feature contributions from the bands longtime bassist/vocalist Howie Epstein who died of a drug overdose in 2003.
Pettys musical integrity and craft, not to mention his seemingly effortless flair for rapturous hooks, have remained constant despite ever-shifting musical trends, and his multi-generational fan base continues to swell. In the words of Rolling Stones Alan Light, The mans consistency is pretty astounding.
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